6th Form Open Day

28/06/16

Industry Day

5/07/16

The Day

• Woodhouse College

• 42 AS students

• 3 Teachers

AIM:

To provide a fun and informative day for

college students wanting to study

Chemistry at university.

Talk

• Professor Andrea Sella

• What is static electricity?

• The truth of science. We know

a lot, but there is still a lot we

don’t know. There’s so much

left to learn and discover.

• Professor Andrea Sella

• What is static electricity?

• The truth of science. We know

a lot, but there is still a lot we

don’t know. There’s so much

left to learn and discover.

Talk

Nylon

• Students created ropes of Nylon using

a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine

• Discussion of the reaction mechanism

• Introduced to the industrial production

of polymers

Demonstrated by Ian Johnson, Giulia Boucher and

Tobias Gill

• Students created ropes of Nylon using

a dicarboxylic acid with a diamine

• Discussion of the reaction mechanism

• Introduced to the industrial production

of polymers

Nylon

Demonstrated by Ian Johnson, Giulia Boucher and

Tobias Gill

University Tour

Tours led by Abdul Rashidi and Glen Smales

University Tour

Tours led by Abdul Rashidi and Glen Smales

Elephant

Toothpaste • ‘Elephant toothpaste’

- Catalytic

decomposition of

H2O2 using KI

• Black snake – sugar

and baking soda

Demonstrated by Eva Liatsi-Douvitsa, Simon Austin

and Aziliz Hervault

Elephant

Toothpaste • ‘Elephant toothpaste’

- Catalytic

decomposition of

H2O2 using KI

• Black snake – sugar

and baking soda

Demonstrated by Eva Liatsi-Douvitsa, Simon Austin

and Aziliz Hervault

Fire Trumpet

• Illustrated links between music,

maths and different scientific

disciplines

• Rubens tube demonstration

Demonstrated by Anna Ploszajski and Jacob Chapman

1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d

Fire Trumpet

• Illustrated links between music,

maths and different scientific

disciplines

• Rubens tube demonstration

1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d

Demonstrated by Anna Ploszajski and Jacob Chapman

“What did you like about the day?”

It has become one of the most informative and

enjoyable days of the year and our students have

derived such a lot of information and inspiration

from it.

Wendy Oswin (Head of Science Faculty)

“What did you dislike about the day?”

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3.

“What do you think could have made the day

better?”

Thank you for your attention

and to the M3S team!

Special thank you to Qamreen Parker and Emilia Olsson for their preparation,

organisation and hard work behind the scenes making the day a success.